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Allan Clay McBride
LT. Col/US ARMY: Headquarters, 2nd Field Artillery
Birth: June 30, 1885 in Middletown, MD
Death: May 9, 1944 in Japanese POW Camp, Formosa (Taiwan)
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Area WWII Monument/Lot 30
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PHOTO NEEDED
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1909 Photo from the St. John's College (Annapolis) Yearbook
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WWII era image of Brig. Gen. McBride
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Frederick News (May 26, 1948)



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WWII Draft Registration
ADDITIONAL FACTS OF NOTE
Military Information
Age at Enlistment:                       32 years
Home Residence during War:    Frederick, MD
Military Years:                               1917-1919
                          Regular Army 9/29/1908, Captain,
                          Field Artillery 
                          National Army 10/8/1917, Major
                          Field Artillery 
                          10/9/1917 Transferred to HQ,
                          349th Field Artillery                              
                         
Overseas (6/15/1918-7/13/1919) Marbache Sector 
                          7/20/1918 Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel,
                          Headquarters, 2nd Field Artillery
                          11/16/1918 Transferred to Headquarters,
                          13th Field Artillery
                          1/15/1919, Promoted to Adjutant General,
                          4th Field Artillery Brigade
                          12/15/1919 Field Artillery School,
                          Fort Sill (OK)
                          1/1/1920 Still in Service
                         

Decorations:            Order of St. Sava (Serbia)                  

Personal Information
Occupation:      US Army (rose to rank of Brigadier General)
Father:              Andrew Clay McBride
Mother:             Annie Estelle Routzahn
Spouse:             Mary Avis Halbert
Last known residence:   221 S. Market St., Frederick, MD
Cause of Death:    Died in Japanese Prison Camp during WWII (5/9/1944) on Formosa (Taiwan)
NOTE: McBride was a Brigadier General in WWII, and a Chief of staff under Gen. Douglas MacArthur in the Phillipines. He participated in the infamous Bataan Death March.
                    

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